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833 species have research-grade observations in Togo on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis26
  2. White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata25
  3. Piapiac Ptilostomus afer24
  4. Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator22
  5. Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus22
  6. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris16
  7. Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata15
  8. Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis14
  9. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus14
  10. Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus13

Plants

  1. African baobab Adansonia digitata27
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera17
  3. Borassus palm Borassus aethiopum17
  4. Madagascar Periwinkle Catharanthus roseus14
  5. African peach Nauclea latifolia14
  6. Teak Tectona grandis13
  7. African mahogany Afzelia africana12
  8. Neem Azadirachta indica12
  9. Shea Tree Vitellaria paradoxa12
  10. Wild custard-apple Annona senegalensis11

Mammals

  1. Kob Kobus kob246
  2. African Buffalo Syncerus caffer97
  3. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus58
  4. Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus50
  5. Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum47
  6. Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus25
  7. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius8
  8. Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus5
  9. Northern Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus5
  10. Atlantic Humpback Dolphin Sousa teuszii4

Insects

  1. Lucia Widow Palpopleura lucia22
  2. Variegated grasshopper Zonocerus variegatus22
  3. Citrus Swallowtail Papilio demodocus13
  4. Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha13
  5. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa12
  6. Golden Pansy Junonia chorimene12
  7. Soldier Commodore Junonia terea12
  8. Dancing Amber Telchinia serena11
  9. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus10
  10. Danaid Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus9

Spiders and kin

  1. Alligatorback Scorpion Hottentotta hottentotta23
  2. Common Emperor Scorpion Pandinus imperator13
  3. Argiope flavipalpis10
  4. Gasteracantha curvispina6
  5. Hairy Golden Orb-weaving Spider Trichonephila fenestrata5
  6. Western Whipspider Damon medius2
  7. Pantropical Huntsman Spider Heteropoda venatoria1

Reptiles

  1. African Spurred Tortoise Centrochelys sulcata13
  2. African Five-lined Skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata9
  3. Senegal Mabuya Trachylepis affinis9
  4. Rainbow Agama Agama agama9
  5. Peters's Rock Agama Agama picticauda9
  6. Ball Python Python regius6
  7. Trachylepis aureogularis6
  8. Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis4
  9. Senegal Chameleon Chamaeleo senegalensis4
  10. Tropical House Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia4

Amphibians

  1. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis3
  2. Lesser White-Lipped Frog Hylarana parva3
  3. Lime Reed Frog Hyperolius fusciventris2
  4. Senegal Running Frog Kassina senegalensis2
  5. Ghostly Tree Frog Leptopelis spiritusnoctis2
  6. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis2
  7. Mottled Shovel-nosed Frog Hemisus marmoratus1
  8. Sharp-nosed ridged frog Ptychadena oxyrhynchus1
  9. Galam white-lipped frog Hylarana galamensis1

Fish

  1. Blackbar Hogfish Bodianus speciosus3
  2. Guinean Parrotfish Scarus hoefleri3
  3. Honeycomb Moray Muraena melanotis2
  4. Cape Verde Gregory Stegastes imbricatus2
  5. Epiplatys togolensis2
  6. Bluespotted Triggerfish Balistes punctatus2
  7. West African Goatfish Pseudupeneus prayensis2
  8. Dark Moray Gymnothorax afer1
  9. Orangespotted Filefish Cantherhines pullus1
  10. Atlantic Sergeant Major Abudefduf saxatilis1

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.